UNGRATEFUL PEACEMAKERS

Mr. Pritchard thanked many people for the hostages' release, as well as God. But he did not have a single word to say about the people who actually rescued them -- not the soldiers who untied their hands or the diplomats, civil servants, military personnel and intelligence experts who spent months planning the operation. Instead, Mr. Pritchard said the hostages are alive because of their "commitment to peace and justice in Iraq."

But why be surprised? The mission of the Christian Peacemakers is to bear witness to the evils committed by the imperialist warmongers. It must be awkward to owe their members' lives to them.

NORMAN'S SPECTATOR